Chords for Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
Tempo:
124.3 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
Eb
Fm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [N] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] He was born [Db] on a summer [Eb] day, [Ab] 1951, [Db] [Eb] [Ab] and with the slap of a [Db] hand he had [Eb] landed [Ab] as an only son.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] His mother and father said, what [Eb] a lovely boy, we'll [Db] teach him what we learned.
Oh [Eb] yes, just what we learned.
[Fm] We'll dress him up for me, [Eb] we'll send him to school.
[Db] We'll teach him how to fight the [C] beat.
Nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh, lonely [Bbm] [Cm] [Abm] boy, [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] In the summer [Db] of [Eb] 53, his mother [Ab] brought him a sister.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] She told him, we [Db] must pretend you're [Eb] a niece.
She's [Ab] so much younger than you.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Well [Fm] he ran down the hall and he [Eb] cried, oh [Db] how could his parents have [Eb] lied, [Fm] when they
said he was the only [Eb] son, [Db] he thought he was the [C] only one.
[Db]
Oh [G] [Cm] what a [F] lonely boy, [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, [Eb] oh what a [Ab] lonely boy.
[Db] Now [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Fm] [Db] my mama made me, [Fm] goodbye [Db] oh, [Fm] goodbye [Db] papa, [Fm] papa's an [Db] old joke.
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Db]
[G] [Cm] [F]
[Ab] [Bb] [Db]
[Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] He left home [Db] on a winter [Eb] day [Ab] 1969,
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] and he left to find all the [Db] [Eb] love he had lost, in
[Ab] that early time.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] Well his sister grew up [Eb] and she married a man, [Db] she gave her a son, oh [Eb] yes a lovely son.
[F] Dressed him up for me, [Eb] they sent him to school, [Db] he taught him how to fight to [C] be nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh
[G] [Cm] what a lonely [Abm] boy, [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, [F] oh what a lonely [Fm] boy, [Ab] [Db] oh what [G] [Cm] a [Abm] lonely boy,
[Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E]
Thank you very much.
[Bb] [N] There's a lot more show where that came from.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] He was born [Db] on a summer [Eb] day, [Ab] 1951, [Db] [Eb] [Ab] and with the slap of a [Db] hand he had [Eb] landed [Ab] as an only son.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] His mother and father said, what [Eb] a lovely boy, we'll [Db] teach him what we learned.
Oh [Eb] yes, just what we learned.
[Fm] We'll dress him up for me, [Eb] we'll send him to school.
[Db] We'll teach him how to fight the [C] beat.
Nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh, lonely [Bbm] [Cm] [Abm] boy, [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] In the summer [Db] of [Eb] 53, his mother [Ab] brought him a sister.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] She told him, we [Db] must pretend you're [Eb] a niece.
She's [Ab] so much younger than you.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] Well [Fm] he ran down the hall and he [Eb] cried, oh [Db] how could his parents have [Eb] lied, [Fm] when they
said he was the only [Eb] son, [Db] he thought he was the [C] only one.
[Db]
Oh [G] [Cm] what a [F] lonely boy, [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, [Eb] oh what a [Ab] lonely boy.
[Db] Now [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Fm] [Db] my mama made me, [Fm] goodbye [Db] oh, [Fm] goodbye [Db] papa, [Fm] papa's an [Db] old joke.
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Db]
[G] [Cm] [F]
[Ab] [Bb] [Db]
[Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] He left home [Db] on a winter [Eb] day [Ab] 1969,
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] and he left to find all the [Db] [Eb] love he had lost, in
[Ab] that early time.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] Well his sister grew up [Eb] and she married a man, [Db] she gave her a son, oh [Eb] yes a lovely son.
[F] Dressed him up for me, [Eb] they sent him to school, [Db] he taught him how to fight to [C] be nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh
[G] [Cm] what a lonely [Abm] boy, [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, [F] oh what a lonely [Fm] boy, [Ab] [Db] oh what [G] [Cm] a [Abm] lonely boy,
[Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E]
Thank you very much.
[Bb] [N] There's a lot more show where that came from.
Key:
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_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] He was born [Db] on a summer [Eb] day, _ [Ab] _ _ 1951, [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] and with the slap of a [Db] hand he had [Eb] landed [Ab] as an only son.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] His mother and father said, what [Eb] a lovely boy, we'll [Db] teach him what we learned.
Oh [Eb] yes, just what we learned.
[Fm] We'll dress him up for me, [Eb] we'll send him to school.
[Db] We'll teach him how to fight the [C] beat.
Nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh, lonely _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Abm] boy, _ _ [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, _ _ [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ In the summer [Db] of [Eb] 53, his mother [Ab] brought him a sister. _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] She told him, we [Db] must pretend you're [Eb] a niece.
She's [Ab] so much younger than you. _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Well [Fm] he ran down the hall and he [Eb] cried, oh [Db] how could his parents have [Eb] lied, _ _ [Fm] when they
said he was the only [Eb] son, _ [Db] he thought he was the [C] only one.
_ [Db] _
Oh _ [G] _ [Cm] what a [F] lonely boy, _ _ [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, _ [Eb] oh what a [Ab] lonely boy.
_ [Db] Now [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Db] my mama made me, [Fm] _ _ goodbye [Db] oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _ goodbye [Db] papa, _ _ [Fm] _ papa's an [Db] old joke.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] He left home [Db] on a winter [Eb] day [Ab] 1969, _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] and he left to find all the [Db] [Eb] love he had lost, in
[Ab] that early time.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] [Fm] Well his sister grew up [Eb] and she married a man, [Db] she gave her a son, oh [Eb] yes a lovely son.
[F] Dressed him up for me, [Eb] they sent him to school, [Db] he taught him how to fight to [C] be nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh _
_ _ [G] [Cm] what a lonely [Abm] boy, _ [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, _ [F] oh what a lonely [Fm] boy, _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] oh _ _ what [G] [Cm] a [Abm] lonely boy,
_ [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, _ [Ab] oh what a lonely _ boy.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Thank you very much.
[Bb] _ _ [N] There's a lot more show where that came from. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] He was born [Db] on a summer [Eb] day, _ [Ab] _ _ 1951, [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] and with the slap of a [Db] hand he had [Eb] landed [Ab] as an only son.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] His mother and father said, what [Eb] a lovely boy, we'll [Db] teach him what we learned.
Oh [Eb] yes, just what we learned.
[Fm] We'll dress him up for me, [Eb] we'll send him to school.
[Db] We'll teach him how to fight the [C] beat.
Nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh, lonely _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Abm] boy, _ _ [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, _ _ [Ab] oh what a lonely boy.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ In the summer [Db] of [Eb] 53, his mother [Ab] brought him a sister. _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] She told him, we [Db] must pretend you're [Eb] a niece.
She's [Ab] so much younger than you. _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Well [Fm] he ran down the hall and he [Eb] cried, oh [Db] how could his parents have [Eb] lied, _ _ [Fm] when they
said he was the only [Eb] son, _ [Db] he thought he was the [C] only one.
_ [Db] _
Oh _ [G] _ [Cm] what a [F] lonely boy, _ _ [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, _ [Eb] oh what a [Ab] lonely boy.
_ [Db] Now [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Db] my mama made me, [Fm] _ _ goodbye [Db] oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _ goodbye [Db] papa, _ _ [Fm] _ papa's an [Db] old joke.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] He left home [Db] on a winter [Eb] day [Ab] 1969, _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] and he left to find all the [Db] [Eb] love he had lost, in
[Ab] that early time.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] [Fm] Well his sister grew up [Eb] and she married a man, [Db] she gave her a son, oh [Eb] yes a lovely son.
[F] Dressed him up for me, [Eb] they sent him to school, [Db] he taught him how to fight to [C] be nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh _
_ _ [G] [Cm] what a lonely [Abm] boy, _ [Bb] oh what a lonely [Db] boy, _ [F] oh what a lonely [Fm] boy, _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] oh _ _ what [G] [Cm] a [Abm] lonely boy,
_ [Bb] oh what a [Db] lonely boy, _ [Ab] oh what a lonely _ boy.
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Thank you very much.
[Bb] _ _ [N] There's a lot more show where that came from. _ _ _ _ _